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Gladstone Commercial (Gladstone Commercial) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.35% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Gladstone Commercial's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,262.6 Mil. Gladstone Commercial's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $41.5 Mil. Gladstone Commercial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.35%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gladstone Commercial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

GOOD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.69   Med: 3.1   Max: 4.18
Current: 3.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Gladstone Commercial was 4.18%. The lowest was 1.69%. And the median was 3.10%.

GOOD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
55.57% of 889 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.85 vs GOOD: 3.29

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Gladstone Commercial's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.25%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Gladstone Commercial Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gladstone Commercial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Gladstone Commercial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.82 3.21 2.26 2.92 3.35

Gladstone Commercial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.92 3.57 3.25 3.27 3.35

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, Gladstone Commercial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Gladstone Commercial Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Gladstone Commercial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gladstone Commercial's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Gladstone Commercial Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Gladstone Commercials Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=42.252/1262.563944
=3.35 %

Gladstone Commercial's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $41.5 Mil.



Gladstone Commercial  (NAS:GOOD) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Gladstone Commercial (Gladstone Commercial) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Gladstone Commercial Corp is a real estate investment trust, which engages in investing and owning net leased industrial, commercial, and retail real property and making long-term industrial and commercial mortgage loans. Its portfolio consists of single-tenant commercial, industrial real properties, and medical properties nationwide. Its principal investment objectives are to generate income from rental properties.
Executives
Gary Gerson officer: Chief Financial Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22207
Jay Beckhorn officer: Treasurer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Arthur S. Cooper officer: Chief Investment Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Elliott Jr Wislar officer: Chief Investment Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Paula Novara director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Robert G Cutlip officer: President C/O HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, 3100 SMOKETREE COURT, SUITE 600, RALEIGH NC 27604
Michela A English director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Sodo officer: CFO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Licalsi other: Affiliate of External Advisor 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., MCLEAN VA 22102
Paul W Adelgren director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
David Gladstone director, officer: CEO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Caren D Merrick director 1521 WESTBRANCH, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Walter H Wilkinson director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Jennifer A Smith officer: Valuation Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
George Iii Stelljes director, officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102